Miss Eleanore, Mr. Harwell, Kate the cook, Molly the upstairs girl, and
myself."

"The usual members of the household?"

"Yes, sir."

"Now tell me whose duty it is to close up the house at night."

"Mine, sir."

"Did you secure it as usual, last night?"

"I did, sir."

"Who unfastened it this morning?"

"I, sir."

"How did you find it?"

"Just as I left it."

"What, not a window open nor a door unlocked?"

"No, sir."

By this time you could have heard a pin drop. The certainty that the
murderer, whoever he was, had not left the house, at least till after
it was opened in the morning, seemed to weigh upon all minds.